Advanced imaging techniques and artificial intelligence in pleural diseases: a narrative review [PDF]
European Respiratory ReviewBackground Pleural diseases represent a significant healthcare burden, affecting over 350 000 patients annually in the US alone and requiring accurate diagnostic approaches for optimal management.
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Utility of high-frequency B-mode and contrast-enhanced ultrasound for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pleural diseases: a prospective study. [PDF]
J Thorac Dis, 2022 Background Pleural disease is a prevalent condition. As precision therapy advances, noninvasive imaging modalities play even more important roles in the evaluation of pleural diseases. This study investigated the diagnostic capabilities of high-frequency
Yang H +8 more
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Advances and controversies in pleural diseases. [PDF]
J Thorac Dis, 2015 Porcel JM, Statophoulos G, Lee YC.
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Safety and complications of medical thoracoscopy in the management of pleural diseases. [PDF]
BMC Pulm Med, 2019 BackgroundMedical thoracoscopy is considered an overall safe procedure, whereas numbers of studies focus on complications of diagnostic thoracoscopy and talc poudrage pleurodesis.
Wan YY +9 more
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Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Can Differentiate between Malignant and Benign Pleural Diseases. [PDF]
Cancers (Basel), 2019 It is not clear whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful for the assessment of pleural diseases. The aim of this study is to determine whether diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) can differentiate malignant pleural mesothelioma (
Usuda K +9 more
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Comparison of awake and intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the diagnosis of pleural diseases: A prospective multicenter randomized trial. [PDF]
Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Derg, 2019 Background This study aims to compare the safety and diagnostic accuracy of awake and intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the diagnosis of pleural diseases.
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Biomarkers in the diagnosis of pleural diseases: a 2018 update. [PDF]
Ther Adv Respir Dis, 2018 The use of biomarkers on pleural fluid (PF) specimens may assist the decision-making process and enhance clinical diagnostic pathways. Three paradigmatic examples are heart failure, tuberculosis and, particularly, malignancy. An elevated PF concentration
Porcel JM.
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Diagnostic approach to pleural diseases: new tricks for an old trade. [PDF]
F1000Res, 2017 The burden of pleural diseases has substantially increased in the past decade because of a rise in the incidence of pleural space infections and pleural malignancies in a patient population that is older and more immunocompromised and has more ...
Maldonado F, Lentz RJ, Light RW.
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Implementation of evidence on management of pleural diseases: insights from a territory-wide survey of clinicians in Hong Kong [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background Major advances in management of common pleural diseases have taken place in the past decade. However, pleural diseases are often managed by physicians of diverse training background and research on implementation of new knowledge is scanty. We
Macy M. S. Lui +18 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Pleural Diseases: Current Applications and Next Steps [PDF]
Thoracic Research and PracticePleural diseases pose a significant burden on healthcare systems due to diagnostic challenges and high costs. Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to provide faster, more accurate, and more reliable results in the diagnosis of these diseases ...
Ferhan Karataş, Öner Dikensoy
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